That may be true, Desertpea, but we know where the parents are, and we don't know where Maddie is, so who is suffering "more"?
The parents are back home among family, and Maddie is . . . somewhere . . . God knows where.
Kate can go and cry on her mother's shoulder about her boob size and Gerry can always write his blog and say whatever he feels, but Maddie may be crying where no one can hear her, and she has no mother or family with her anymore.
So please think about all that when you ask me to care more about the parents feelings than Maddies - I just can't do it.